Ex-teacher facing prison in death of her companion

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. 
A former Monterey County high school teacher is facing at least three years in prison after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the suffocation death of her longtime companion.

Lynne Feuror entered the no contest plea Monday, a week before her murder trial in the death of 80-year-old Joseph Cupita was to begin.

After Cupita died in May 2007, Feuror told police the two had been involved in a struggle, but claimed she couldn't remember what happened because she was drunk.

An autopsy determined that Cupita died of suffocation, with the coroner suggesting he was smothered.

The 66-year-old Feuror is due to be sentenced Dec. 11, with the judge expected to sentence her between three to 11 years.